Health Quality & Safety Commission

Green Cross Health and Countdown are denying claims they sold masks for unfairly high prices during the COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year

More than 40 New Zealand pharmacists have worked together to develop new Choosing Wisely pharmacy recommendations

A new report from Pharmac further demonstrates that Māori are far less likely than Pākehā to receive appropriate medicines – and it is at least partly due to prescribers’ bias 

A review and update of the standard batch sheets for oral liquid formulations compounded in New Zealand (NZ standard oral formulations or NZSOF) has been completed.  

A Hawke’s Bay pharmacy inviting families of asthmatic Māori and Pasifika children to take part in an “warrant of fitness” check led to 80 per cent of children improving their asthma control

A collaborative effort to improve gout management in Māori and Pacific patients has seen a Kapiti Coast pharmacy chosen as a finalist in the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s Whakakotahi Challenge